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Richard Smith, managing partner at Henley-in-Arden-based Opus Land , said: “The reason why it’s very different is because it’s very new.

“If we go back to Margaret Thatcher’s time, there was very much a move to take manufacturing out of the UK. It was felt that it was no longer important – that was a very poor mistake.

“With the resurgence of Jaguar Land Rover, suddenly we have a demand for manufacturing again, which is totally different to doing logistics space, because you are not just building a lofty warehouse that you rack out.” Prospero Ansty is situated to the south of Ansty Park, a 1.5m sq ft technology hub.

Rolls Royce at Ansty (Image: Coventry Telegraph)

It is currently home to the London Electric Vehicle Company’s new factory making hybrid taxis, robotics firm Fanuc and the Manufacturing Technology Centre.

Rolls-Royce closed its facility at the site in 2013 when Ministry of Defence cutbacks saw the scrapping of the Harrier jump jet programme and other projects carried out at the depot.